CVE-2017-6713 describes a critical vulnerability in the Play Framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) versions prior to 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. This flaw stems from static, default credentials in the ESC UI, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain full administrative access. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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